VATICAN CITY( Reuters)-Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a

LONDON DEAL Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during a 2020 press conference in Rome.... You

-examination by Prosecutor Angelo Diddi, much of it concerning the investments made by the secretariat of

embezzlement and the cardinal’s former secretary, Father Mauro Carlino, was accused of extortion. Becciu said

The charges against him include embezzlement and abuse of office.... An Italian woman who worked for Becciu was charged with embezzlement. Italian brokers Gianluigi Torzi and Raffaele Mincione were indicted on charges of embezzlement, fraud and money laundering. Torzi, for whom Italian magistrates issued an arrest warrant in April, was also charged with extortion.... Both have denied wrongdoing. Four companies associated with individual defendants, two in Switzerland, one in the United States

He said he" never wanted a euro, indeed a cent" of the money that he managed for the Vatican" to be misappropriated, misused or used for purposes that were not exclusively institutional".... As a sovereign state, the Vatican has its own judicial system.... It runs its diplomacy, the administration the worldwide Catholic Church, and the Vatican bureaucracy.A self-styled secret agent, she has said she used the Vatican money to ransom kidnapped missionaries in Africa....

She explained that he was not attending for the first time since the trial began in July because his morality should not be questioned and he had already denied the rumours.A co-defendant, Cecilia Marogna, 42, worked for Becciu, 73, when he was the deputy secretary of state.... His lawyers said that a recording of Perlasca's questioning contained the prosecution prodding him insistently about rumours of a possible" intimate" relationship between Becciu and Marogna.... Perlasca told them he had

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Angelo Mozilo, founder and former chief executive of Countrywide Financial Corp., is sworn in at a

In recent years, Francis has only announced the appointment of new cardinals during his weekly